After 72 holes over four days at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., four of the best collegiate players in the country were tied for the lead for the individual title at the 2022 NCAA Men's Golf Championships.
The University of North Carolina's five-man lineup included a freshman who was the nation's No. 1 junior; a first-team All-America from the previous season; a 2021 U.S. Amateur finalist; and a fifth-year senior who would soon be playing on the PGA Tour.
Yet there was Ryan Burnett, the senior from Lafayette, Calif., whose career at UNC had seen both ends of the competitive spectrum, tied for the lead and playing for a national championship.